James A. Reed

James Alexander Reed (9 November 1861-8 September 1944) was a US Senator from Missouri (D) from 4 March 1911 to 4 March 1929, succeeding William Warner and preceding Roscoe C. Patterson.

Biography
James Alexander Reed was born in Richland County, Ohio in 1861, and he moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1887. He served on the city council from 1897 to 1898 and as Jackson County prosecutor from 1898 to 1900, and he then served as Mayor of Kansas City from 1900 to 1904. From 1911 to 1929, he served in the US Senate, and he opposed the League of Nations and voted against limits on immigration; he was affiliated with the "Old Right". He left office in 1929, and he died in 1944.